Cheyham Park, Mickleham Gardens, Surrey, SM3 8QN
LON/00BF/LSC/2022/0373 · service charges · Sutton · decided 5 Dec 2023
The tribunal found most service charges for 2019/20 to 2021/22 reasonable and payable, disallowed a 15% management uplift on reserve-funded works, corrected small accounting errors, made a section 20C order limiting landlord costs to 27 October 2023, and ordered a partial refund of tribunal fees.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | An estate, 131 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, other, reserve fund |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | Respondent to reimburse 50% of tribunal fees (£150) |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The four blocks on the Estate now consists of a total of 131 one and two bedroom flats.
- years
as to the payability and reasonableness of the service charges payable in respect of the service charge years 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22.
- outcome
The Tribunal finds that the service charges claimed are reasonable and payable, save for the following:
- items reduced
The Tribunal is satisfied that it is not reasonable to charge an uplift of 15% in respect of standard items of expenditure.
- s20c
The tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 so that none of the landlord’s costs of the tribunal proceedings incurred up to 27 October 2023 may be passed to the Applicants through any service charge.
- costs
The tribunal determines that the Respondent shall pay the Applicant £150 within 28 days of this Decision, in respect of the reimbursement of 50% of the tribunal fees paid by the Applicants.
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